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13/11/06
5/11/06
SIN CITY
An ultra-slick orgy of extreme violence, non-stop action, deadpan humor and sophisticated eroticism, "Sin City" was a collaborative effort of Frank Miller (the author of the graphic novels), Robert Rodriguez ("Desperado") and Quentin Tarantino. Visually, it's a stunning effort, described by Slate's David Edelstein as "a study in luminous black and white, with sudden and breathtaking splashes of crimson, chartreuse, and a particularly nauseating mustard (...) One car-ride sequence, directed by Rodriguez's pal Quentin Tarantino, is a little jewel of camera movement, lighting, and design. The raindrops are white - it's a painterly deluge". The most erotic scene occurs early in the film, when Carla Gugino, gets out of bed when her roommate (Mickey Rourke) comes back in the middle of the night. They have a very interesting relationship - she is his parole officer and a lesbian, but she still parades in front of him topless, wearing only a thong. Another nice scene involves Jaime King, playing a beautiful prostitute who has some hot sex with Mickey Rourke. But the nude scenes are just icing on the cake - the real sin of this city is violence - unrelentless and incredibly graphic.
26/10/06
11/10/06
Yahoo to digitally encapsulate 2006
If there's any intelligent life out there with the right technology, they can expect to receive a laser-guided load of multimedia messages from our little blue-green planet, thanks to Yahoo.
The search company announced today the launch of an Internet time capsule, intended to document life in 2006. People from around the globe are invited to submit digital photos, text, movies, and audio files on topics such as love, sorrow, beauty, the past, and the present.
At the end of the project (about 29 days from now), the time capsule will be saved onto a digital archive and sealed at the Yahoo HQ to be opened in 2020. Another copy will go to the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings archive in Washington D.C.
Finally, in a move that has PR stunt written all over it, Yahoo on Oct. 25 through 27 will project the capsule contents onto one of the world's oldest time capsules, the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacán, Mexico, and beam it into space from the pyramid. This event will be viewable live via Webcast.
"Wherever people use Yahoo -- from Mexico, Germany or China to the U.S. -- we want them to represent their culture and show us what's impor-tant to them by participating in this historic Internet time capsule event," said Jerry Yang, co-founder and "chief Yahoo." "It will be fascinating to see what people submit as their part of this 2006 snapshot, which will be shared with generations to come."
The time capsule, accessible at timecapsule.yahoo.com, was designed by artist Jonathan Harris, and it shows. Aesthetically speaking, I think Harris has done an impressive job of designing an application that's not only aesthetically pleasing but also intuitive for making contributions and sifting through them.
There is, for example, a neat Facts page, where you can view all sorts of data about what kind of contributions have been made to the capsule.
(I did observe that some contributors didn't quite grasp the proper technique of tagging contributions, though.)
Also nice: Yahoo will be donating $100,000, divided among eight charities. When you add to the time capsule, you may select which charity of the eight you support.
My only hope is that no one contributes a clip from the show "ALF." I think that could serve to antagonize otherwise peaceful aliens out there who don't take kindly to being portrayed so demeaningly.
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
(Brexians lair)
YAHOO KAI ΦΥΓΑΜΕ......
Η Πυραμίδα του Ήλιου στο Μεξικό, κάποτε το κέντρο ενός προκολομβιανού πολιτισμού, θα γίνει σύντομα η αφετηρία μιας απόπειρας επικοινωνίας με εξωγήινους.
Το Υahoo θα μεταδώσει μήνυμα της ανθρωπότητας με μια δέσμη λέιζερ που θα εκπεμφθεί από το μνημείο.
Το πρόγραμμα Χρονοκάψουλα (Time Capsule) του δημοφιλούς δικτυακού τόπου δέχεται από την Τρίτη τις συνεισφορές των χρηστών, κείμενα, εικόνες και ήχους που αντανακλούν την ανθρώπινη φύση.
Το τελικό μήνυμα θα ψηφιοποιηθεί και θα εκπεμφθεί στο Διάστημα από την πυραμίδα στις 25 Οκτωβρίου, αναφέρει το Reuters.
Η τοποθεσία του Τεοτιχουακάν, κοντά στην Πόλη του Μεξικού, αποτέλεσε το κέντρο ενός πολιτισμού που άκμασε στη Μεσοαμερική την πρώτη χιλιετία μ.Χ., αλλά εξαφανίστηκε πριν από την άφιξη των Ευρωπαίων για άγνωστους λόγους.
«Έχουμε αυτή την απίστευτη αρχαία τοποθεσία και από την τοποθεσία αυτή μπορούμε να προβάλουμε σύγχρονο περιεχόμενο» δήλωσε αρχισυντάκτρια του Yahoo.
Δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που ο άνθρωπος στέλνει μηνύματα στο Διάστημα με την ελπίδα ότι κάποτε θα τα λάβουν εξωγήινοι πολιτισμοί. Τη δεκαετία του 1970, ο αστρονόμος Καρλ Σέιγκαν δημιούργησε έναν χρυσό δίσκο, πάνω στον οποίο χαράχθηκαν χαιρετισμοί και εικόνες της Γης, ως πορτραίτο της ποικιλότητας της ζωής και του πολιτισμού στον πλανήτη.
Τοποθετημένος στο διαστημικό σκάφος Voyager, ο δίσκος ταξιδεύει τώρα έξω από το Ηλιακό Σύστημα.
news.in.gr
(Brexians lair)
6/10/06
STAR TREK Christie's Auction This Week!
10.02.2006
Click here to watch the auction LIVE on the History.com exclusive webcast!
The countdown begins! This Thursday, October 5, is hammer time as Christie's auction house in New York begins bringing the gavel down on items spanning the entire 40-year career of the Star Trek franchise. This historic auction will take place over the course of three days (Oct. 5-7) and promises to be a huge hit throughout the galaxy.
Now, if you have not already registered to participate, you can check out the Christie's site for more information, but time is seriously running out! If you would just like to know what is going on, then be sure to check out STARTREK.COM in the next week or so for updates and news from the proceedings.
If you want to watch the event live, but can't attend, check out the History.com website for the exclusive webcast. (Story here.)
From "Star Trek Generations" Call Sheets and Costumer's Notes (Lot 1) to the filming model of the Enterprise NCC-1701-A (Lot 1,000), they are all set to go, as the contents of the vaults of CBS Paramount Television are turned over to the public for the first time.
For CBSNews.com's recent coverage, please check the link below for video footage, including an interview with George Takei ("Sulu").
Click here to watch the auction LIVE on the History.com exclusive webcast!
The countdown begins! This Thursday, October 5, is hammer time as Christie's auction house in New York begins bringing the gavel down on items spanning the entire 40-year career of the Star Trek franchise. This historic auction will take place over the course of three days (Oct. 5-7) and promises to be a huge hit throughout the galaxy.
Now, if you have not already registered to participate, you can check out the Christie's site for more information, but time is seriously running out! If you would just like to know what is going on, then be sure to check out STARTREK.COM in the next week or so for updates and news from the proceedings.
If you want to watch the event live, but can't attend, check out the History.com website for the exclusive webcast. (Story here.)
From "Star Trek Generations" Call Sheets and Costumer's Notes (Lot 1) to the filming model of the Enterprise NCC-1701-A (Lot 1,000), they are all set to go, as the contents of the vaults of CBS Paramount Television are turned over to the public for the first time.
For CBSNews.com's recent coverage, please check the link below for video footage, including an interview with George Takei ("Sulu").
(Brexians lair)
24/9/06
BATTLE STAR GALACTICA
ΤΟΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΡΑ....
ΓΙΑΤΙ ΤΟ ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑ ΔΕΝ ΕΧΕΙ ΟΡΙΑ,
ΟΠΩΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΦΑΝΤΑΣΙΑ!!
(Brexians lair)
6/9/06
1/9/06
15/8/06
THE ULTIMATE WAR...
The War of the Worlds is a novel written by H. G. Wells in 1898 depicting an alien invasion of the earth, and is commonly regarded as being the first to depict such a disaster. Since then, The War of the Worlds has entered popular culture, with a vast number of books, films, TV series and comic books using themes from this book, whether acknowledged or not.
Adaptations have tended to move the date of the invasion but the basic theme has remained the same. 2005 witnessed a noticeable rise of interest in the story with the release of three different film adaptations, several DVDs, and re-release of the popular musical interpretation, as well as a number of comics and books related to the original story.
may the force be with you
14/8/06
Lord Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, and has a principal role in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Vader is one of the most iconic villains in movie history and was ranked third on American Film Institute's top 50 villains of all time list.[1] In A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, Vader is depicted as the epitome of pure evil — a mass murderer and war criminal who holds an entire galaxy under the sway of an evil empire, and, on a more personal scale, the apparent murderer of Luke Skywalker's father, Anakin. A Dark Lord of the Sith, Vader serves at Emperor Palpatine's right hand, using the dark side of the Force to mercilessly pursue the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance to the ends of the galaxy. It should also be noted that The Dutch word for "father" is vader. Hence the fact that Darth Vader being Luke Skywalkers father is a well known and important plot point.
Archetypes and role models for Darth Vader
Vader's headgear resembles a Japanese kabuto, which is consistent with the samurai-like order of the Jedi and kendo-like lightsaber duels. An American Football helmet made by Riddell, with a distinctive approx. 3cm wide middle seam elevated by approx 3 millimeters that connected the two shell halves and accommodated air valves, was most likely used as the basis for Vader's helmet.
As Vader fits the classic stock character of the Black Knight, some have noted that Vader bears more than a passing resemblance to more recent, fictive villains. One is the classic Marvel Universe supervillain Doctor Doom. (This is further alluded in Stephen King's Dark Tower novels in which so-called "Doombots" appear that wear green hoods and iron wolf masks, much like Doom, and carry lightsabers.) Another is Sinestro, a former member of the Green Lantern Corps who was corrupted by his power.
Of the comic villians, perhaps the greatest number of similarities exist between Darth Vader and Darkseid of the DC comics New Gods pathos, whose creation proceeded that of the Sith lord's. Darkseid and Darth Vader both have as their greatest enemies sons who were seperated from them at birth and reared without knowledge of their true parentage. In each case, their sons--Orion and Luke Skywalker respectively--also are faced not only with a physical struggle against their fathers but an inner struggle not to follow in their evil footsteps. Darkseid's home planet of Apokolips bears visual similarity to the Death Star and their headpieces are also somewhat similar. Further, both Darkseid and Darth Vader's sons were mentored by seemingly aged and impotent old men--High Father and Obi Wan Kenobi--who carried staffs with them and were far more powerful than a first glance indicated. Perhaps the most telling similarity is the presence of a luminous power known as the Source in Darkseid's pathos and the Force.
Darth Vader also resembles an inverted King Arthur in relationship with Luke Skywalker as an inverted Mordred
may the force be with you
THE BEST CAPTAIN EVER....
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Starfleet officer in the fictional Star Trek universe. He commands first the USS Enterprise-D and, later, the USS Enterprise-E. He was played by English actor Patrick Stewart.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
13/8/06
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